This is a list of people executed in Georgia. Since 1976, a total of 77 people have been executed by the state of Georgia in the United States. Buddy Justus received a death sentence in Georgia, but was executed in Virginia.

List of people executed in Georgia since 1976 Name Race Age Sex Date of execution County Method Victim(s) Governor 1 White 53 M December 15, 1983 BibbElectrocution Ronald Akins and Juanita AkinsJoe Frank Harris 2 Black 28 M July 12, 1984 Decatur Clifford Floyd 3 Black 39 M December 12, 1984 Bleckley Roy Asbell 4 Black 28 M January 9, 1985 Monroe Teresa Carol Allen 5 Black 41 M February 20, 1985 Cobb Roger Dennis Tackett 6 Black 28 M March 20, 1985 Bibb Coleman Brice, Gladys Brice, and Katie Davis 7 Black 34 M June 24, 1986Muscogee Kathryn Stryker 8 Black 35 M May 15, 1987 Marion Jones Miller 9 Black 44 M May 22, 1987 Bibb Edna Sandefur 10 White 31 M May 29, 1987 Muscogee Kathleen Parry 11 Black 35 M September 2, 1987 Worth Christopher Carr 12 White 35 M September 21, 1987 Fulton Donna Marie Dixon 13 White 34 M July 28, 1988 Polk Rhonda Tanner 14 Black 36 M May 18, 1989 Berrien Police chief of Ray City James Edward Giddens 15 Black 44 M September 25, 1991 Fulton Atlanta Police Officer Frank SchlattZell Miller 16 White 36 M June 28, 1993WayneRoger Honeycutt 17 White 33 M December 7, 1993 18 Black 42 M March 31, 1994 Muscogee Gail Jackson, a/k/a Gail Faison and Irene Thirkield 19 White 31 M April 7, 1995 Cobb J. C. Sawyer 20 White 39 M May 17, 1995 Floyd Mary Frances Stoner 21 White 45 M November 14, 1996 DeKalb Charles Smith, Steven Smith and Margaret Sweat 22 White 48 M November 15, 1996 Houston Evelyn Joy Ludlam 23 White 39 M June 10, 1998 Muscogee Cheryl Williams and Danny Williams 24 White 40 M October 25, 2001 BibbLethal injection Paulette RiggsRoy Barnes 25 Black 45 M November 6, 2001 Taliaferro Bonnie Bulloch 26 White 63 M November 15, 2001 Cobb Linda Gilreath and Gerrit Van Leeuwen 27 White 41 M December 11, 2001 Douglas Christy Ann Griffith 28 White 62 M January 24, 2002 Muscogee Charles McCook and Bill Watson 29 White 43 M March 12, 2002 Gwinnett Carolyn Jean Dellinger Drew 30 White 52 M August 16, 2002 Putnam Pattie Dianne Fugate 31 White 59 M November 13, 2002 Cook David Hardin, Katie Back, and William Gerald Hodges 32 White 57 M March 25, 2003 Catoosa Ricky CallahanSonny Perdue 33 White 49 M May 6, 2003 Seminole 6 murder victims 34 White 55 M November 4, 2003 Gwinnett Brenda Sue Watson 35 White 47 M July 1, 2004Spalding Toni Strickland Rivers 36 White 47 M July 19, 2004 Leslie Michelle English 37 White 34 M January 25, 2005 Monroe Keith Patrick Young 38 White 39 M March 1, 2005 Hall John C. Collins 39 White 44 M July 12, 2005 Fulton George Grant Crooks 40 Black 63 M June 26, 2007 Morgan Dorothy Hightower, Evelyn Reaves, and Sandra Reaves 41 White 53 M May 6, 2008 Berrien Ginger Moore 42 Black 38 M June 4, 2008 Spalding Arthur Jones and Linda Lisa Seaborne 43 White 57 M September 16, 2008 Chatham Barbara Jean Alderman 44 White 65 M March 10, 2009 Glynn Carol Sanders Beatty 45 White 52 M April 29, 2009 Oconee Eddie Tucker 46 White 42 M October 20, 2009 Richmond Kevin Brown 47 White 49 M June 9, 2010 Newton Martha Chapman Matich and Lisa Chapman 48 White 31 M September 27, 2010 Jones Steven Moss, Bryan Moss, and Kristin Moss 49 Black 45 M January 25, 2011 Fulton Julie LoveNathan Deal 50 White 55 M June 23, 2011 Chatham Sarah Mims Bowen 51 White 37 M July 21, 2011 Cobb Gary DeYoung, Kathy DeYoung, and Sarah DeYoung 52 Black 42 M September 21, 2011 Chatham Savannah police officer Mark MacPhail 53 White 38 M February 21, 2013 Monroe Michele Cartagena and Grant Hendrickson 54 Black 58 M June 17, 2014 Cobb India Roberts 55 Black 49 M December 9, 2014 Baldwin Baldwin County Sheriff's Deputy Will Robinson 56 White 66 M January 13, 2015 Laurens Laurens County Sheriff's Deputy Kyle Dinkheller 57 Black 54 M January 27, 2015 Lee Joseph Handspike 58 White 47 F September 30, 2015 Gwinnett Douglas Gissendaner 59 White 50 M November 19, 2015 Dougherty Angela Sizemore 60 Black 47 M December 9, 2015 Newton John Watson 61 Black 72 M February 3, 2016 Cobb Roger Dennis Tackett 62 White 45 M February 17, 2016 Houston Navy Officer Conway Utterbeck 63 White 41 M March 31, 2016 Baldwin Leverett Lewis Morrison 64 Black 47 M April 12, 2016 Spalding Cathy Bounds 65 White 37 M April 27, 2016 Jones Steven Moss, Bryan Moss, and Kristin Moss 66 White 60 M July 15, 2016 Dodge J. T. White 67 White 63 M October 19, 2016 Fulton Atlanta Police Officer John Richard Sowa 68 White 54 M November 16, 2016 Lumpkin Sherri Holland 69 White 50 M December 6, 2016 Bacon John Lee Moore 70 White 46 M May 17, 2017 Murray Harry Buchanan Johnston 71 Black 67 M March 15, 2018 Muscogee 7 murder victims 72 Black 40 M May 4, 2018 Baldwin Corrections Officer Donovan Corey Parks 73 Black 52 M May 2, 2019 Hall Barbara Ann Young and Tonya WoodsBrian Kemp 74 Black 42 M June 20, 2019 Baldwin Corrections Officer Donovan Corey Parks 75 Black 52 M November 13, 2019 Thomas Richard Slysz 76 White 66 M January 29, 2020 Jackson Sabrina Lance and Dwight Wood Jr. 77 Black 59 M March 20, 2024 Spalding Alicia Lynn Yarbrough

Demographics Race White 48 62% Black 29 38% Age 20–29 3 4% 30–39 20 26% 40–49 26 34% 50–59 18 23% 60–69 9 12% 70–79 1 1% Sex Male 76 99% Female 1 1% Date of execution 1976–1979 0 0% 1980–1989 14 18% 1990–1999 9 12% 2000–2009 23 30% 2010–2019 29 38% 2020–2029 2 3% Method Lethal injection 54 70% Electrocution 23 30% Governor (Party) George Busbee (D) 0 0% Joe Frank Harris (D) 14 18% Zell Miller (D) 9 12% Roy Barnes (D) 8 10% Sonny Perdue (R) 17 22% Nathan Deal (R) 24 31% Brian Kemp (R) 5 6% Total 77 100%

Record number of executions In 2016, the State of Georgia executed nine people. This set a record for the most executions conducted in Georgia in a calendar year. The same year, Texas only executed seven people, the first time it did not lead the nation in executions since 2001 (when it ranked behind Oklahoma). Prior to this, the most executions conducted in the state were five executions. This happened in 1987 and again in 2015.

Prior to 1976

Lena Baker was an African American maid who was executed on March 5, 1945, for killing her employer. In 2005, the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles granted a pardon saying a verdict of manslaughter would have been more appropriate. The first individual electrocuted for a crime and sentenced to death (in Georgia) was Howard Henson, a black male, for rape and robbery; by electrocution on September 13, 1924, in DeKalb County. (See http://genealogytrails.com/geo/executions3.html through http://genealogytrails.com/geo/executions5.html.)

See also Capital punishment in Georgia (U.S. state) Capital punishment in the United States Furman v. Georgia, the 1972 United States Supreme Court case that led to a de facto moratorium on capital punishment throughout the United States; the moratorium came to an end when Gregg v. Georgia was decided in 1976 Gregg v. Georgia, the 1976 United States Supreme Court decision ending the de facto moratorium on the death penalty imposed by the Court in its 1972 decision Furman v. Georgia

List of most recent executions by jurisdiction List of people executed in the United States in 2015 List of people executed in the United States in 2016 List of women executed in the United States since 1976

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